Athletistic/Chess. The winner of the 2016 Candidates Tournament and participant in the world title match against Magnus Carlsen, Russian grandmaster Sergei Karjakin, expressed his appreciation on his personal disqualification by the International Chess Federation (FIDE).

“The idea of ​​creating an alternative to FIDE of course became relevant after I was suspended from participating in tournaments due to my political stance. I wanted to create an alternative. However, it seems that everyone in Russia did not understand the need for I approached an office and they told me: “The head of FIDE is already the Russian Dvorkovich, why change anything?” However, the question does not is not about nationality, but about how he cares about Russian chess, and here many nuances arise.

When there was anti-Russian hysteria and the FIDE president had to strengthen his position, I adopted these principles. In its logic and wording, the decision to disqualify me was probably inevitable,” Karyakin shared in an interview with a correspondent of “Championship”.

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